Tag: Geek Fuel

Who doesn’t love Sloppy Joes? I always used to wonder why people would use packets or cans of sloppy joe sauce growing up because I learned how to make them from scratch thanks for a cookbook for children that I once had. The ingredients were so easy, I couldn’t figure out why anyone would want…

The weather is getting cooler, right? Maybe not in California exactly, but we can have wishful thoughts. Fortunately it is getting cooler in the evening, so at least dinner can still be all nice and warm and comforting and autumny. Chicken and Dumplings 1 whole chicken, washed and cut into quarters water 3 onions, cut…

Sometimes I get an incredible craving for chocolate, but when you’re trying to watch what you’re eating, it’s not exactly in your best interest to pig out on the stuff. I came across this recipe somewhere and lost the original, so unfortunately I can’t link it up like I normally would. There are a lot…

A while back I posted about making Char Siu but I had lost the marinade recipe. I lost it so hard that I can’t even find the original recipe online that I modified. So I had to test again and I have a new one. I’m testing the sauce today with pieces of pork butt, rather…

Archaellys’ chili is hands down my favorite chili. True statement right there. I’m a lucky girl and for the most part this is pretty healthy AND comforting, so when I’m down Arc has been known to make a batch of chili to cheer me up. That Arc though… Of course, there are ways to increase…

When Arc completed South Park: The Stick of Truth, we thought what better for movie night than to watch South Park: Bigger, Longer, and Uncut. Of course that only meant that I had to make chicken pot pie, riiiiight? Oh yes. Chicken freaking pot pie… I’ve done this with traditional pie dough, as you’ll see…

So how ’bout brunch, huh? Yeah, that’s a bacon mushroom omelet with a side of truffle fries. We stopped at the Farmhouse Eatery & Bar for brunch the other day and this is what I ended up with. OMG. It was so glorious, but I’m glad that we walked 5 miles that day. Check out…

It was Archaellys’ birthday not that long ago and somehow I forgot to post the coordinating movie night nom for that celebration. Oops. I don’t know how it happened, but the week must have gotten away from me. It’s always kind of my thing to let the birthday celebrant pick whatever they want and I’ll…

Archaellys has fallen in love with Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag and I have to admit, it is a gorgeous game! This, of course, influenced our last movie night and we had a pirate theme. Treasure Island (1950) and Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl. Naturally I wanted our noms to…

Okay, it’s not really a secret if I’m posting the recipe, right? I don’t know why I haven’t made this more to put on things. Well…. I *DO* know why and it involves not eating as much mayonnaise anymore. But. Well. Hmmm. I needed something to dip my fries in last night and I didn’t…

It was Archaellys’ birthday the other day and I wanted to do something special for him. I let him pick the movie night noms for that week, but I definitely wanted to add an element of surprise. I used to bake people homemade cakes from scratch, but of course, with me being gluten free, birthday…